{"id":7669,"date":"2025-07-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2015-06-24T13:25:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T10:25:57","slug":"how-prophet-elisha-accomplished-goal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/how-prophet-elisha-accomplished-goal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How Prophet Elisha accomplished his goal in life"},"content":{"rendered":"Greetings to you, dear friends!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGrace and peace to you from our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe have been discussing how Apostle Paul applied the principle of discipline to his life. It was the subjection of himself to certain orders and rules that helped Paul to become an effective minister and to accomplish his goals in God.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I would like to offer another Bible example of how Prophet Elisha accomplished his goal in life. And that goal was to obtain the double portion of Elijah\u2019s anointing. He wanted to receive the double portion of Elijah\u2019s anointing so badly that he was willing to pay a dare price for it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nElijah was the spiritual father of Elisha. After Elisha closely observed the life of this man of God in his life and saw all the miracles that God performed through Elijah, he understood that the key to Elijah\u2019s success was his love and total commitment to God. So Elisha desired and became hungry for the same anointing and lifestyle of Elijah his mentor. But more interestingly is the fact that Elisha wasn\u2019t satisfied to do just what Elijah did; he craved for the double portion of Elijah\u2019s his anointing. In other words, Elisha had very definite goals which are as follows\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>He wanted to live like his spiritual father;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He wanted to have Elijah\u2019s anointing;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He wanted to move in the same power of God as he on Elijah.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith these desires and goals burning in his heart, Elisha made a firm decision that he will accomplish them whatever the price.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat was the reason why Elisha followed Elijah till the very end and refused to back off even when Elijah himself pleaded with him to stay away? Many of Elisha\u2019s comrades also tried to talk him out of following Elijah, but Elisha was unrelenting in his decision. He was so focused on his goal that he subjected his whole life to its accomplishment. Elisha deliberately and tenaciously walked with Elijah and nobody could stop him. This whole story is written in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Book of Kings.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h6>&#8220;And it came to pass, when the LORD was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. Then Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cStay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.\u201d But Elisha said, \u201cAs the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!\u201d So they went down to Bethel. Now the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, \u201cDo you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?\u201d And he said, \u201cYes, I know; keep silent!\u201d Then Elijah said to him, \u201cElisha, stay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.\u201d But he said, \u201cAs the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!\u201d So they came to Jericho. Now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, \u201cDo you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?\u201d So he answered, \u201cYes, I know; keep silent!\u201d Then Elijah said to him, \u201cStay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.\u201d But he said, \u201cAs the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!\u201d So the two of them went on. And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan. Now Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and it was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground. And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cAsk! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?\u201d Elisha said, \u201ePlease let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.\u201d So he said, \u201eYou have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.\u201d Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, \u201eMy father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!\u201d So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces. He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, \u201eWhere is the LORD GOD of Elijah?\u201d And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over. Now when the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him, they said, \u201eThe spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.\u201d And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him\u00bb\u00a0(2 Kings, 2:1-15).<\/h6>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDid you notice how often Elijah asked Elisha to stay back and not go with him? It was more than once, isn\u2019t it? Elijah pleaded with Elisha to stay behind in\u00a0<strong><em>Gilgal<\/em><\/strong>, in<strong><em>Bethel<\/em><\/strong>, and in\u00a0<strong><em>Jericho.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>But every time he said that, Elisha\u2019s reply to Elijah was:\u00a0<strong><em>\u00ab As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!\u00bb<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn other words, Elisha was saying:\u00a0<em>\u00abOnly death will set us apart. I\u2019ll rather die than to leave you. You won\u2019t be able to persuade me to do otherwise, so forget about that idea\u00bb.<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nElisha was obsessed with the idea of reaching his goal and he was totally committed to it. Such tenacity disciplines a person and helps him from been distracted by anything. If necessary, Elisha was ready or willing to sacrifice his life in order to fulfil his life mission.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd running a little bit ahead I can say that it was this level of self-discipline and focus that helped Elisha to become one of the outstanding people of all times.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThat is the key to success for every person!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe will talk more about this tomorrow!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGod bless you!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPastor Rufus Ajiboye","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elijah was the spiritual father of Elisha. After Elisha closely observed the life of this man of God in his life and saw all the miracles that God performed through Elijah, he understood that the key to Elijah\u2019s success was his love and total commitment to God. So Elisha desired and became hungry for the same anointing and lifestyle of Elijah his mentor. But more interestingly is the fact that Elisha wasn\u2019t satisfied to do just what Elijah did; he craved for the double portion of Elijah\u2019s his anointing.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-word"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":12,"label":"Daily Word"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-photo-4174745-1024x682.jpeg",1024,682,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Pastor Rufus Ajiboye","author_link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/author\/rufus-ajiboye\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":12,"name":"Daily Word","slug":"daily-word","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","parent":0,"count":650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":12,"category_count":650,"category_description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","cat_name":"Daily Word","category_nicename":"daily-word","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39564,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions\/39564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}